Curtain-bracket.



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

JOHN F. SOFRANKO, OF ALBIA, IOWA.

CURTAIN-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-IN F. SOERANKO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albi-a, in the State of Iowa, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Curtain- Brackets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a co-mbined lace curtain pole, shade support,and po-le support for lambrequins or other draperies, the primary objectbeing to provide a device of this class which is' longitudinallyadjustable to accommodate themselves to the various sizes of windows,which is provided with means whereby the support may be attached to thewindow frame without marring the same.

The invention further co-nsists in the novel construction of windowshades, rollers, and pole supports for lambrequins and draperies, aswill hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying this speciiication, there has beenillustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and inwhich drawings,-

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device, showing the samein applied position upon the window frame or casing. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal sectional view through the support. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view upon the line 3 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similarsectional view upon the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, it will be notedthat my improvenient comprises essentially two independent members, eachcomprising slitted hollow rods which are indicated by the numerals l and2. Both of the rods are constructed of some resilient material, and therod 2 which telescopes within the rod l is adapted to exert a. pressuretoward the said rod l, while the rod 1 is adapted to exert a pressureupon the rod 2. Each of the rods are provided with suitable attachingelements designated by the numeral 3. These attaching elements are eachpreferably constructed of a single strand of wire having a loop portion4 which is wound around either of the rods and which has one of itsextremities formed with an eye 5 which embraces the vertical extensionof the said element. The vertical extension is off-set and provided witha downturned portion Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 13, 1911.

Patented Sept. 24:, 1912.

Serial No. 626,899.

tion, and the reference characters applied to one of the said membersmay be also taken in connection wit-h the second member. The members 7are each formed of a single strand of suitable material, the same beingprovided with a loop 9 which encircles the rods. The lower memberadjacent the said rloop 9 is projected upwardly a suitable distanceand'has its end formed with an eye l0. The opposite strand provided bythe loop is bent upwardly and outwardly over the member provided withthe eye l0 and has its extremity formed with a downwardly curved end l1,the latter being adapted for the reception of the drapery rod while theeyes l0 of the lower member are adapted to receive the ends or pintlesof a shade roller. The members 9 are connected with the rod sections inany desired manner, such as by a socket, indenting the loops within therods or other analogous means. It will be noted that the said membersbeing slitted and being constructed of resilient material will exert atension upon the loops 9 to sustain the members 7 in a proper positionthereon.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantagesthereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled inthe art to which such inventions appertain, it being understood,however, that while I have illustrated and described the preferredembodiment of the improvement as it now appears to me, changes in theminor details of construction which fall within the scope of theappended claim may be made, if desired.

Having thus fully described the said invention, what I claim is Incombination with a slit-ted pole constructed of resilient material, of asupport for the purpose set forth, said support being formed of a singlestrip of wire and having a looped portion which surrounds and tightlyengages with the slitted resilient a greater lengt-li than the arms andhaving 10 pole, the loop being extended adjacent the its extremitycurved.

lower portion of the pole to provide a short In testimony whereof Iatlix my signature arm which fterminates in an eye, the oppositeJ inpresence of two witnesses.

terminal o the loop being twisted arounc the arm at its juncture withthe loop and JOHN F' SOFRANKO' extended upwardly and outwardly above theWitnesses:

arm7 but in a plane parallel therewith, the A. B. CROWLEY,

said outwardly extending portion being of L. C. BAXTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C."

